Search for Correlated High Energy Cosmic Ray Events with CHICOS

ORAL

Abstract

We present the results of a search for time correlations in high energy cosmic ray data (primary $E > 10^{14}$~eV) collected by the California HIgh school Cosmic ray ObServatory (CHICOS) array. Data from 60 detector sites spread over an area of 400~km$^2$ were studied for evidence of isolated events separated by more than 1~km with coincidence times ranging from 1~$\mu$sec up to 1~second. The results are consistent with the absence of excess coincidences except for a $2.9 \sigma$ excess observed for coincidence times less than 10~$\mu$sec. We report upper limits for the coincidence probability as a function of coincidence time.

Authors

  • B. E. Carlson

  • E. Brobeck

  • C. J. Jillings

  • M. B. Larson

  • T. W. Lynn

  • R. D. McKeown

    • California Institute of Technology
  • James E. Hill

    • California State University, Dominguez Hills
  • B. J. Falkowski

  • R. Seki

    • California State University, Northridge
  • J. Sepikas

    • Pasadena City College
  • G. B. Yodh

    • University of California, Irvine